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Large outdoor street procession in front of a tall gopuram temple tower of Arunachaleswarar Temple with a hill behind it. Dense crowd of hundreds of people, mostly in white clothes, fills the road. Many people carry saffron-orange flags on poles, and a tall yellow-orange banner flag stands at left. Uniformed police officers in khaki and dark caps walk through the crowd. A bald man in an orange-saffron robe with a mala stands near centre-left, possibly a sannyasi or devotee, and a figure in white stands atop a vehicle at upper left. A decorated palanquin or chariot with a deity murti and flowers is visible near the temple entrance. Signboards in Tamil script line the street at left and right.

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December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20Dense outdoor crowd gathered in a city street before a large gopuram temple tower of Arunachaleswarar Temple under a hazy sky, with a hill behind. Many devotees wear white clothes and hold saffron-orange flags on tall poles; a few wear orange and rudraksha-style garlands. Uniformed police in khaki and dark caps stand among them. Flower-garlanded devotees carry flower bundles. A decorated chariot with a deity murti stands in the background near the temple, and a multi-tiered colourful ratha/chariot appears at right. A partial shop billboard shows deities. The visible crowd is very large, with many people visible across the frame. a person's presence cannot be confirmed from appearance; a shaved-headed priest in orange robe in the left foreground is unsure.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A large crowd fills a street in front of a tall white gopuram temple tower at Arunachaleswarar Temple, with a hill rising behind. In the foreground, a red and gold ceremonial umbrella-like banner with floral embroidery is carried aloft. Behind it, a decorated processional chariot and a deity murti under an ornate arch are surrounded by people in white and orange clothing, several in saffron, and uniformed police officers at the lower right. Many devotees hold up mobile phones to photograph the procession, and a man on a raised platform at upper left also raises a camera.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A large crowd fills a street in front of a temple gopuram at Arunachaleswarar Temple. In the foreground, a figure seen from behind with long dark hair wears an orange-red garment, a red flower garland and gold bangles, and raises a hand toward the crowd. Many people in white dhotis and shirts hold saffron flags, and a festival chariot with decorated canopy stands in the background. A saffron-clad figure on a vehicle and a distant tiered ornamental tower appear among the crowd, and a mountain rises behind the temple. A readable sign reads Sakravarthi.2011-12-20A dense outdoor procession moves through a busy street in Tiruvannamalai, with a large crowd of devotees, many in white dhotis and saris, carrying saffron-orange flags on poles. Uniformed police officers in khaki stand along the crowd. On the left, a colourful ornate gopuram-style temple gateway appears, and a tall multi-tiered tiered temple chariot with a red-and-green ornamental top is visible in the background above the crowd. In the foreground on the right, a tall pole is wrapped with garlands of white jasmine flowers and banana-leaf bunting bound with rope. A large red banner is carried in the middle of the procession. A bare-armed photographer holding a camera stands at the lower centre. A bare-armed photographer holding a camera stands at the lower centre, and a woman with blonde hair in green clothing is visible among the crowd. Hills rise in the background under a pale sky.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20